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Notes on building Briifin and navigating cross-border design and development work – from tenders and RFPs to export.
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What export actually looked like for a small design studio
How a small Estonian studio found international work through referrals, RFPs and weak ties — and why the right buyer mattered more than a grand export strategy.
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Bring Your Own Agents
How I want to review Briifin tenders in ChatGPT, Codex or Claude. Using complete source files, my own context, and the models I trust.
We found the tenders in time – and still priced ourselves out
Four relevant public-sector tenders arrived during one summer. We saw them early, understood the work and had a credible chance. We understood the market around them too late.